Gage attachment for sawistg-machiktes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. WORDEN, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NEW YORK.

GAGE ATTACHMENT FOR SAWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,670, dated October 9, 1855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. WV. TVORDEN, of Fayetteville, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful GageAttachment to be Applied to Circular and other Saws; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a frame having acircular saw hung within it and my improvement applied to it. Fig. 2, isa plan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching a vibrating gage to theusual or ordinary sliding gage, as will be presently shown anddescribed, whereby the blocks of wood may be sawed in wedge or taperform.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents a platform or bed plate which rests upon a suitable framingB, and G, is a circular saw which is hung upon a shaft, D, on the upperpart of the framing, B. The saw, C, extends upward above the platform orbed plate, A, the saw fitting in a slot in the platform or bedplate.

To the upper surface of the platform or bed plate, A, there is attacheda sliding gage, E. This gage is constructed in the usual manner, havingarms, F, F, attached to it, at right angles said arms having set screws(a) (a) passing through slots (6) in them, and into the platform or bedplate, A.

G, is a lever which is attached by a pivot (0), to one of the arms, F,of the gage, E. at right angles from the ends of the lever G, and isplaced about one third the length of the lever from its inner end asshown in Fig. 2. To each end of the lever, G, there is attached an arm(cl), these arms project at right angles from the ends of the lever andpass horizontally through slots (6), in the gage, E. The end of the arm(0?), at the inner end of the lever, G, is beveled as shown in Fig. 2,the end'of the other arm (d), is square, or forms right angle with thesides of the arm. The arms (d), (d), are

of such a length that when the lever, G, is moved so as to throw one arm(01), out from the outer face of the gage, E, the other arm will bethrown within its slot in the gage. This will be understood by referringto Fig. 2. The lever, Gr, should be a trifle shorter than the block tobe sawed, and the inner end of the lever is placed just in front of thesaw.

Operation: The block of wood to be sawed, represented by dotted lines.in Fig. 2, is placed upon the platform or bed piece A, one side of theblock bearing against the face of the gage, E. The block by beingheldagainst the gage, E, will press within its slot (6), the arm (cl) atthe outer end of the lever, G, and force out from its slot (6) the otherarm (cl) at the inner end of the lever. The block is pressed toward thesaw, 0, and the arm (cl) at the inner end of the lever, G, will throwthe block out from the face of the guide, E, and present it obliquely tothe saw, C, when the saw has entered the block a short distance, theback end of the block will be past the arm (cl), at the outer end of thelever G, and the lever G, then swings free, and the block is pressedtoward the saw and a strip or piece of wedge or taper formsawed from theblock. The block may be turned end for end when necessary in order thatthe whole of the block may be sawed. The above device is to be used insawing shingles and other articles of taper or Wedge form. It may beused with either a circular or reciprocating saw, and may be readilyapplied to saws as usually hung or arranged.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is,-

The vibrating gage, formed of the lever, G, with arms (cl), (cl),attached to its ends the lever working on a pivot (0), attached to oneof the arms F, of the sliding gage E, and the arms of the lever, G,Working horizontally through the gage, E, substantially as shown for thepurpose specified.

GEQRGE W. WORDEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN WATSON, GEORGE N. TAYLOR.

